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Photos from the open house on Jan 30:

 

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Promising... let's see if there is the bold will to follow through.

 

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August 15, 2015.

 

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February 2, 2018.

 

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March 29, 2008.

 

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Storm Cloud over Bonnie Doon Sears.

 

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Sears Bonnie Doon Mall.

 

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August 17, 2013.

 

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Bottle Cap Mural. January 13, 2018.

 

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EDC Pre-Consultation on May 15:

E. UPCOMING APPLICATIONS, CONFLICTS AND REGRETS (May 15, 2018)
Connect Bonnie Doon - Pre-consultation - Brian Murray - B&A

https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/EdmontonDesignCommitee_May_1_2018_Agenda.pdf

 

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Next open house:

Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Time: 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Drop-in format; no formal presentation)
Location: La Cité Francophone, 8627-91 Street NW (rue Marie-Anne Gaboury), Edmonton, AB

An application has been submitted to rezone the Bonnie Doon Centre shopping mall site, and one nearby property, at:

• 1 Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre NW
• 8715-85 Street NW
• 8420-85 Street NW

The proposed change in zoning is:
From (DC2.485) Site Specific Development Control Provision, and
(RA7) Low-Rise Apartment Zone
To (DC2) Site Specific Development Control Provision

The proposed zone would allow for a high-density, mixed-use, transit oriented development consisting of:

• A mix of row housing, mid-rise, and high-rise development, with up to 6,000 units;
• Retail, office, and other commercial space, up to 93,000 m2;
• Publicly-accessible parks and open space;
• Underground parking;
• New streets throughout the site, including bicycle lanes and pedestrian priority;
• Connections to the Bonnie Doon LRT stop.

 

[Daveography]

Yesterday's open house showed some slightly more detailed plans. Morguard and B&A are building things up iteratively, so no details on height, massing, density yet, but they are looking at between 3,000-6,000 residential units, and a variety of building types and styles including potentially towers between 8 and 40 stories.

Feedback was mixed as always, but from what I could tell was veering positively. A lot of people seem to like the slower, bottom-up approach Morguard has been taking with this, over the top-down "here's a bunch of big towers I want to build, what do you think?" a lot of developers take.

 

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[MCXavierL]

I visited Morguard's info centre at Bonnie Doon mall and spoke with one of Morguard's planners. He said the revised vision will be unveiled on October 17 including a fly-through video. He said they are still aiming for up to 40 storeys with multiple towers - starting first with the commercial district. He also indicated the old Target (currently Stitches outlet) would likely be the first to be demolished and they're currently proposing over 16% green space on the 30 acre parcel of land which is an improvement from the current sea of pavement.